DSS – Iber Lengua Terrasvogels 0-5, 1-4
Iber Lengua improved to 7-3 in the Dutch Hoofdklasse Softball standings with a pair of road wins in Haarlem. In game one Aimee Murch struck out 14 in seven scoreless three-hit innings to lead Terrasvogels to a 5-0 shutout. Kaitlyn Gentile set the highlight at the plate with a two-run homerun in the seventh. In the second match Iber Lengua broke a 1-1 tie with a bases loaded walk by Marielle Vleugels in the fourth. She went 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI overall. DSS had the tying run at the plate with no outs and the bases loaded with one out, but a double play ended the rally without putting anything on the board.
Sparks Haarlem – Twins 7-0 (5), 7-6
Sparks won its sixth and seventh game of the season against the Twins to solidify second place. In the first part of the twin bill Dagmar Bloeming issued just two hits in five scoreless innings to lead her team to a 7-0 shutout. Marloes Fellinger and Debby Connor both went 3-for-3 with a combined three doubles, two runs scored and four RBI. In the second match a sac fly by Judith Diepeveen and a pair of RBI singles by Nathalie Gosewehr and Chantal Versluis in the bottom of the sixth put Haarlem ahead 7-4. The Twins threatened to come back in the seventh, when Fabienne van Uden and Andrea Lindgren drove in two to cut the deficit to a run. But a strikeout sealed the win for Sparks with runners on second and third. Lyanne Horeman hit a three-run homerun for Haarlem earlier in the game.
Olympia Haarlem – Euro Stars 5-4, 0-10
The third doubleheader on the day also was played in Haarlem. Olympia had to settle for a split at home against the Euro Stars. In the first game Maranca Ham drove in the winning run with a single in the sixth to seal a 5-4 win for the hosts. One frame earlier Olympia had tied the contest on a two-run single by Rebecca Duindam. In game two Daisy Verstappen allowed just three hits and two walks in six scoreless innings to lead the Euro Stars to a 10-0 shutout in six innings. Davinia de Kwant, who already had driven in two in game one, went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double and three RBI.
The doubleheader between the Text Town Tigers and the Centrals, as well as the matchup between the Euro Stars and the Dutch Juniors were postponed due to rain.
Standings:
- Tex Town Tigers 8-0
- Sparks Haarlem 7-1
- Iber Lengua Terrasvogels 7-3
- Twins 4-4
- Centrals 4-4
- DSS 4-6
- Euro Stars 2-6
- Olympia Haarlem 2-6
- Dutch Juniors 0-8